Anonymous
07/31/2024 19:07
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I never understood the argument of Yale being fun -- because it's located in an isolated undesirable area so there were more drinking/socializing opportunities among students. What about students who don't want drinking or partying? Won't a school located in a big city with many other colleges offer more fun things to do?
Your premise is wrong. The area is neither isolated nor undesirable.
?? So Yale is fun because of New Haven?
So Yale is not fun because of New Haven?
Anonymous
07/31/2024 18:59
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:I have a rising senior at Yale, I have met lots of her friends over the last few years. She (and friends I have met) all seem to work incredibly hard, do tons of activities, and have tons of fun. People choose that school because it’s a place that really leans into Community so there’s a self-selection going on for sure. I don’t know the Harvard scene nearly as well, but if you keep an eye on Crimson articles, there’s a steady stream of pieces written by undergrads about the lack of fun. It’s generally described as both being due to tight administration restrictions and the downstream effect of final clubs, etc.
Downstream effect of finals clubs? I think the kids in finals clubs or Greek life at Yale or eating clubs at Princeton are having fun. New Haven and Boston offer a lot of things to do for kids who aren’t so inclined.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 18:59
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:Back in the day, I recall that Yale was the alternative to other top places for people who cared about things like social life, community, good dining hall food, good dorm facilities, etc. I am aware, however, that many colleges now have a new culture, grim and marked by deterioration (see e.g., Harvard's further deteriorating social life accompanied with poor dining hall food and some sort of rate and roach infestation of the dorms; Stanford's turning into a tech office park; Duke's decades long slide into a place where smart TJ kids go to obsessively grind and battle each other for all things STEM). So what is Yale like today versus a while ago?
Yale really isn't comparable to Stanford or Duke these days. Some antiquated assumptions. And no one thinks of Harvard or Yale in 2024 as remotely fun.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 18:48
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Even back when I was at Brown in the late 90s people would come up from Yale to have fun with us. The scene wasn’t crunchy/hippie but it was artsy/hipster/cosmopolitan which I don’t think is really the vibe anymore.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 18:45
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:This thread is simply stupid.
And yet you still opened it and took the time to comment; thank you.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 18:24
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
I have a rising senior at Yale, I have met lots of her friends over the last few years. She (and friends I have met) all seem to work incredibly hard, do tons of activities, and have tons of fun. People choose that school because it’s a place that really leans into Community so there’s a self-selection going on for sure. I don’t know the Harvard scene nearly as well, but if you keep an eye on Crimson articles, there’s a steady stream of pieces written by undergrads about the lack of fun. It’s generally described as both being due to tight administration restrictions and the downstream effect of final clubs, etc.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 17:39
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
This thread is simply stupid.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 17:37
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:I never understood the argument of Yale being fun -- because it's located in an isolated undesirable area so there were more drinking/socializing opportunities among students. What about students who don't want drinking or partying? Won't a school located in a big city with many other colleges offer more fun things to do?
My sense is that the dining hall food is much better than other schools, which is definitely worth something. Harvard's food is said to be quite bad.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 17:06
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I never understood the argument of Yale being fun -- because it's located in an isolated undesirable area so there were more drinking/socializing opportunities among students. What about students who don't want drinking or partying? Won't a school located in a big city with many other colleges offer more fun things to do?
Your premise is wrong. The area is neither isolated nor undesirable.
?? So Yale is fun because of New Haven?
Anonymous
07/31/2024 16:51
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:I never understood the argument of Yale being fun -- because it's located in an isolated undesirable area so there were more drinking/socializing opportunities among students. What about students who don't want drinking or partying? Won't a school located in a big city with many other colleges offer more fun things to do?
Your premise is wrong. The area is neither isolated nor undesirable.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 16:38
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
This really comes down to how you define fun. Partying? Hiking/camping? Ski trip? Deep conversation at the pub after debate?
I think every school has its strengths. Kids will reap what they sow. So bring your own fun and others will be attracted to you.
I think every school has its strengths. Kids will reap what they sow. So bring your own fun and others will be attracted to you.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 16:31
Subject: Re:Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
I never understood the argument of Yale being fun -- because it's located in an isolated undesirable area so there were more drinking/socializing opportunities among students. What about students who don't want drinking or partying? Won't a school located in a big city with many other colleges offer more fun things to do?
Anonymous
07/31/2024 16:20
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
*100 years ago
Anonymous
07/31/2024 16:19
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Never heard of Brown being associated with sports before this thread
Because they actually sponsor far fewer sports than most other ivies. Harvard, Penn, and Princeton are the only school that participate in every ivy league sport for men and women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school
Wikipedia? Totally incorrect.
Yale has rowing and wrestling.
Yale Rowing won gold in the 1924 Olympics four years ago and has 4 rowers at the 2024 Olympics.
Anonymous
07/31/2024 16:18
Subject: Is Yale still the fun alternative to Harvard, or has that all changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Never heard of Brown being associated with sports before this thread
Because they actually sponsor far fewer sports than most other ivies. Harvard, Penn, and Princeton are the only school that participate in every ivy league sport for men and women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Men's_sponsored_sports_by_school
Can see the full link, bc I am on my small phone. But the table I could see showed that Brown does not have rowing.
This is flat out incorrect. All Ivies row and compete with each other.
WTF are talking about?
https://brownbears.com/sports/mens-crew
They even recruit for it. And 2 of their alum are on the current 2024 Olympic team
That’s why they said it was incorrect.